Wednesday, October 26, 2016

Page of Swords - First card from my new Fountain Tarot Deck

Today I received
my copy of the Fountain Tarot which I had won in a giveaway in September. It is a stunning deck. It is even more beautiful
in reality than the pictures I’ve seen online presumed. It feels like a whole
year round, multipurpose deck.

After giving
it thorough shuffle, the first card I drew was the Page of Swords – bold curiosity. A card about
being open-minded to new ideas and situations. This page likes to try out new
things and seek out new approaches to old concepts. A perfect guide to dive into this modern looking
mesmerizing deck. But since the Page isn’t
the studious type and has a rather short attention span, I asked what could help
him to take the study of this deck more seriously and I pulled the Three of Wands
– focused effort. Now this guy is
holding on the his rope vigorously. He is not the kind to let go that easy when
things get a bit more complicated. This is the attitude I need for my tarot studies: dedication!
The guidebook talks about how he is alternating
between energy puling inwards and energy pushing outwards. I love how this is depicted
by act of rope twisting. In case of studying this deck this could be about reading and
practicing versus contemplating and letting
new information and experiences sink in

And last
but not least like every Three of wands this cards also stands for the promise of success !

That looks a lovely deck and beautifully interprted by yourself. Your post reminds me as learners/scholars we need a balance of inputs (intellectuals resources in books, works of art etc) and outputs -what we do with that knowledge, how we apply or extend it. Your outputs seem pretty good to me.

What a wonderful pair of cards to begin your journey into this new deck Ellen. I love the contrasting (and complementary) energies, shapes and colours here, the movement from the Page's momentary stillness to that bold action of the Three. Wishing you many happy journeys with your new deck!

I love that they see the positive in the Page of Swords (like you, I'm a big Swords fan). And I hadn't really paid attention to the Three of Wands in this deck before. What a great way of seeing it, alternating between energy moving in and out, in order to create something strong and wonderful. Wishing you much joy with this lovely deck!

Thank you much Chloe.Yes I love how they've managed to convey their own ideas about the cards in without straying from the traditional meanings. This makes it easy to read with a enough new layers to discover